Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 93
27 December 1906 93 Observe caution and do not quarrel with anyone, keep silent, pass by an abuser quietly as if you had not heard their abuse, and adopt the way of those regarding whom the Holy Quran has said: 1 َو اَذِا اْوُّرَم ِوْغَّللاِب اْوُّرَم اًماَرِك َو اَذِا اْوُّرَم ِوْغَّللاِب اْوُّرَم اًماَرِك If you will adopt these things, then most certainly you will become the true devotees of Allah the Almighty. Almighty Allah is in need of no report as He sees and hears Himself. If there are three of you then the fourth is God; therefore, show God your example. If your selfish passions and bad language are just like those of your enemies, then you yourselves should tell me what is the difference and distinction between you and the others? You should show such a model that the adversary should himself feel embarrassed. Most wise and sagacious indeed is the person who humiliates the enemy with goodness. Almighty Allah has told me to deal with tenderness and kindness. Leave all your misfortunes and trials to God Almighty. Understand with certainty that if an individual exercises patience at the mischief of every person and leaves the matter to God, then He will never let such a person perish. Though there are such people present in the world who will mock and ridicule these matters upon hearing them, but you must not concern yourself with them. God Almighty Himself is present for this. God has not become old like a man who becomes decrepit with age. God Almighty is the same as He was during the time of Moses, peace be on him, and Jesus, peace be on him, and He is the same God as was at the time of the 1. And when they pass by anything vain, they pass on with dignity ( S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:73). [Publisher]